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African teams at World Cup
Cameroons (early bow)
After a surprising 1-0 loss to Japan in its opening game, Cameroon became the first team to be
officially eliminated from the tournament. The early bow came after a 2-1 loss to Denmark at
Tshwane/Pretoria Stadium in their second group match.
Captain Samuel Eto gave Cameroon the early lead (10th minute), but Denmark responded with
two unanswered goals from Nicklas Bentner (33') and Dennis Rommedahl (61’) for the win. In a
routine third match against Netherlands at Cape Town, Captain Eto scored the equalizer but Klaas
Huntelaar scored the winner in the 83rd minute to give the Dutch a 2-1 win and the group title.
South Africa
supporters
were disappointed that their team
did not win their opening match
against Mexico, but in retrospect
Bafana Bafana did better than
most of the higher ranked African
teams at the tournament. Of
consolation is the fact that
Bafana finished with a win and
only failed to advance on goal
difference.
Nigeria
was the third African
team to be eliminated after
Cameroon and South Africa.
Nigeria lost to Argentina 1-0 in its
opening match after Lionel Messi ignited Argentina’s offense. Gabriel Heinze scored the lone
goal, to give coach Diego Maradona a momentary reprieve from his critics.
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